Iran president says return to war benefits ‘no one’, after reported US strikes

Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that a return to war would benefit “no one”, hours after reported US strikes on an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz.
It came as US voters prepared to cast their ballots in midterm elections that threaten President Donald Trump’s grip on power.
Iran’s chief negotiator in talks with the US, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said the Islamic republic was “ready for battle with its finger on the trigger”, while deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Iran retained the right to “legitimate self-defence” after the strikes.
But Pezeshkian said his government was still trying to resolve the crisis “through dialogue”, adding that “no on...